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error with respect to the construction dates of historic buildings in Louisville, other evidence must also be looked to. In this case, 1908 is when George W. Admire purchased the lots and it would appear that he was responsible for the house having been built. Also, a small house appears in the correct location on the 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville. For these reasons, 1908 is presumed to be the correct date of construction. (The 1948 County Assessor card also states that the house was remodeled in 1928, in a section of the card designated to note "Major Alterations or Additions.") George W. Admire, who purchased the lots in 1908, was born in Missouri in 1841. His wife, Nancy, was born in Ohio in 1831. They came to Colorado in the late 1880s. They had had several children who were adults and living elsewhere at the time by the time when the lots on Lincoln were purchased. The Admire family is chiefly associated with the town of Superior, but George W. Admire through his purchase of these lots may have been seeking a second home with a location closer to the amenities offered by the larger town of Louisville, or may have been seeking rental income. Specific evidence that members of the Admire family lived at 1201 Lincoln during the period of the ownership of the lots by George W. Admire could not be located. Nancy Admire died in 1912, and George W. Admire died in 1919. Upon his death, his heirs sold 1201 Lincoln (on lots 97-102) to Joe Tartaglio. The heirs were their children Samuel W. Admire, May Admire Shockey, Abigail Admire Spicer, and Lydia Admire Grund. Tartaglio Ownership, 1919-1921 In 1919, Joe Tartaglio purchased 1201 Lincoln and the lots of 97-102 from the heirs of George W. Admire. He was born in Italy in about 1871 and came to the U.S. He married Rose Madonna, who had been born in Italy in about 1868 and was a member of the Madonna family of Louisville. They had three sons. At the time of the 1920 census, they and their youngest son were living in Louisville, but it is unclear as to whether they actually lived at 1201 Lincoln during Joe Tartaglio's ownership. In the early 1920s, they moved to Denver. Koci/Reddington Ownership, 1921-2001 In 1921, Joe Tartaglio sold 1201 Lincoln and lots 97-102 to Joseph Koci. He and his wife, Anna Tolfer Koci, had both been born in Austria-Hungary in about 1888. Prior to coming to Louisville in about 1921, they had lived in Wyoming. He worked as a coal miner in Louisville. The 1926 directory for Louisville described the couple's home as being on the "n end Lincoln Av.," which fits the description of the house at 1201 Lincoln. They had three children: Rudolph, born in about 1914; Anna, born in 1919; and Josephine, born in 1922. 2